Sasscer v. President of the Farmers Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Prince Georges county court. This was an action of .assumpsit, by the appellees against the appellant, as endorser of a promissory note, dated the 23rd of June 1847, payable “six months after date”' at “the Farmers Bank of Maryland.” Plea, non assumpsit. 1st Exception.
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Appeal from Prince Georges county court. This was an action of .assumpsit, by the appellees against the appellant, as endorser of a promissory note, dated the 23rd of June 1847, payable “six months after date”' at “the Farmers Bank of Maryland.” Plea, non assumpsit. 1st Exception. The making and endorsement of the note-having been admitted, plaintiffs produced as a witness M. C. Karney, who stated he was a notary public at the maturity of the note, and produced into court the record of his notarial acts and the original protest of the note, and proposed to inspect them with a view to refresh…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
This an action of assumpsit, instituted by the appellees against the appellant, as an endorser of a promissory note. There are no questions of pleading involved in the case, nor is there any dispute about the execution of the note, or of its endorsement by the appellant. The whole controversy relates to the sufficiency and regularity of the notice of protest, and to the legality of the evidence adduced by the plaintiffs to establish such notice, and these several questions are presented by four bills of exceptions, taken by the defendant.
The plaintiffs to support their case, did not profess…
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